A double circular rainbow – WOW! Reminds me of that once popular Stargate SG1 series from around the turn of the century. If you Look at the center of the picture, its almost as if you were viewing that community through a telescope (or maybe even that STARGATE).
Point is: This unique view of a rainbow causes us to look at things (maybe even life) from a different perspective. So, I ask the question: How does God look at things? Perhaps, I should say when instead of how, because God is eternal. Imagine how different our vision would be if we could see the past, present and future at the same time? Would we think and act as we normally do? God does, for he does not change. Consider this passage from the book of Ephesians, where the Apostle Paul writes the following…
Ephesians 3 ( World English Bible )
1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
3 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 and to make all men see what is the administration * of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
Once Adam (and Eve) sinned, God could have just killed them both and made new human beings and ignored the problem of willful disobedience (sin). HE didn’t. His ETERNAL plan was to provide a way of escape for every man. This plan was according to HIS THINKING, which is from an ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE. It took literally thousands of years to accomplish and cost the life of his son Jesus, but it WORKED!
Now, aren’t you glad that God views things ETERNALLY!